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Language Networks in Children: Evidence from Functional MRI Studies

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to review functional MRI and other neuroimaging studies of language skills in children from infancy to adulthood. CONCLUSION: Functional MRI (fMRI) and other neuroimaging studies show developmental changes in the networks of brain regions supporting language, which can be affected by brain injuries or neurologic disorders. Particular aspects of language rely on networks that lateralize to the dominant hemisphere; others rely on bilateral or nondominant mechanisms. Multiple fMRI tasks for pediatric patients characterize functional brain reorganization that may accompany language deficits.

Source: American Journal of Roentgenology

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.08.2246

Authors: Jennifer Vannest, Prasanna R. Karunanayaka, Vincent J. Schmithorst, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Scott K. Holland

Institutions: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development